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  • Transport Investment

    • Reference: 2013/0014-1
    • Question by: Valerie Shawcross
    • Meeting date: 24 July 2013
    What are your top priorities for transport investment in London?

  • Funding the vision

    • Reference: 2013/0015-1
    • Question by: Andrew Boff
    • Meeting date: 24 July 2013
    How will you pay for the wish list of projects outlined in your 2020 vision?

  • Meeting the need for social housing

    • Reference: 2013/0016-1
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 24 July 2013
    How big a shortfall in social housing will Londoners face by 2020, and what will the consequences be?

  • Poverty and inequality

    • Reference: 2013/0017-1
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 24 July 2013
    How will your 2020 Vision address the widening income and wealth inequalities across London?

  • Capital Investment

    • Reference: 2013/0009-1
    • Question by: Stephen Knight
    • Meeting date: 05 June 2013
    Can you expand on the benefits of allowing local and regional government to make greater use of prudential borrowing to finance capital investment?

  • London Finance Commission - Implementing recommendations

    • Reference: 2013/0010-1
    • Question by: John Biggs
    • Meeting date: 05 June 2013
    Given the legislative changes that would be required to devolve some of the more far-reaching revenue raising powers identified in the London Finance Commission's Raising the Capital report, what measures could be implemented more quickly and without recourse to Parliament?

  • Taking forward the recommendations

    • Reference: 2013/0011-1
    • Question by: Gareth Bacon MP
    • Meeting date: 05 June 2013
    What should the next steps be for taking forward the recommendations of the London Finance Commission's report?

  • Land and property taxes

    • Reference: 2013/0012-1
    • Question by: Jenny Jones
    • Meeting date: 05 June 2013
    Given the windfall gains that land and property owners benefit from when transport infrastructure is built, could a tax on those gains help pay for the infrastructure?

  • Guest's opening statement

    • Reference: 2013/0013-1
    • Question by: Darren Johnson
    • Meeting date: 05 June 2013
    Darren Johnson (Chair): We then move to item 4, which is the question and answer session on the London Finance Commission (LFC) and we welcome Professor Tony Travers, the Chair of that Commission, to answer questions. Each group has a lead-off question, but we will begin with a brief opening statement from Professor Travers.